Wire basket.



BATENTD PEBivZV, 1906.

M.- E. JOHNSDN WIRE BASKET;

glwenl'oz/ 725m.

APPLIOATIO FILED APR 16 1905 'IOO MOSES E. JOHNSON, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

wins BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, i906.

Application led April 15,1905. Serial No. 255,771.

To all whom t muy concern: p Be it known thatI, MOSES E. JOHNSON, a vcitizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of. Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Wire Basket, of which the following is a speciiication, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to wire baskets, the bict of the invention `being to provide a ligl t, strong, and durable basket composed w olly of wire and made in such rnanner that each and every basket will be of exactly the same weight, so that in weighing'good's contained in the baskets it isf/unnecessary to weigh the baskets before and after "filling, as theweight of the baskets is always a known quantity, never varying like the ordinary split baskets, due to chan es in the weather.

ds of weather, as it is not affected by exf cessive moisture. adapted for receiving and transporting hea loa s, as the construction provides for rnuc greater strength than the ordinary basket in common use, While at the same time being productive of a lighter basket.

' With the above and other objects in view,

the description roceeds, the invention con, sists in the nove construction, combinationand'arran ement of parts,4 as herein fully de'- scribed, il ustrated, ,and claimed.

YIn' the accom ang-ing drawings, Figure l is a plan view oi' t e proved basket is made up. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the complete basket, provided with rounded corners. Fig. 3 is a fragso mentary view showing the basket provided with a square' corner.

Like reference-numerals desi ate correspending parts in all igxures of t e drawin s. The b ank of which t e basket isforrne is shown in Fi land is com osed of wire fabrie, or, in ot er lwords, afa ric or body corn- `posed of Wires of suitabie gage crossing each other, preferably at right ang es, and suitabl united b welding the same electrically at all points w ere they intersect or cross. These fabric Wires 1 extend continuously acrss the hettoni of thebasket and up thesides from to edge to top edge, where the 'connect .to wage-wires 2, referably of eavier gage running aon t eupperedges of thesides, shown, the fa ric wires being by prefer- The im roved bas et oi this inventionis Etlcular y adapted for outdoor use in allk The basket is also betterthe nature of which will more fully appear asl lank from which the im@ ence wrapped or coiled terminally around the selva e-wires, as shown at 3, and being electricalily welded at such points.

At the junction oi the sides 4 ofthe basket with' the bottom 5 are frame-wires 6, also preferably of heavier gage than the fabric wires, and these frame-Wires are electricall welded to the fabric wires and cross eac other at the bottom corners or angles of the basket, as .a shown at?, and extend beyond said corners, at which points the frame-wires are upturned and extended to the up er ed es ofthe sides, where they are electrica ywel ed to the selva e-wires.

The blan is originally square or rectangular, and the corners are cut away by makin V-shapled incisions, as shown at 8. The si es are t en bent upward along the lines of the frame-wires until the projecting extremities of the horizontal fabric wires and the selvage-wires meet. Such meeting extremities are then brought together to form end-to-end butt 'oints, which are then electrically -welde at the-points 9, thus makingsuc wires, in effect, continuous or endless and integral throughout and imparting great strength, rigidity, and durahiiity to the basket as a whole.

The horizontal fabric wires of the sides and the selvagewires Where they project beyond the upturned end portionsof the frame- Wires ma extend either in curved lines, as shown in ig. 2, to establish rounded corners for the basket, or they Ina be extendedin straight lines,l as shown in ig 3, to establish straight corners. in either event the sides of the basket are given an upward flare to enable a lar e number of baskets to be packed inla smal? space by nesting them one within another.

By constructing the baskets in the manner described the strength of the same is 'eatly increased, they are rauch more durab e, and

they do not vary aipreciably in weight, as is always the case w ere the connecting or 1ntersecting portions of wire baskets or receptacles are soldered or mechanically secured.

rihe baskets mayl of course be made 1n various sizes, depths, and capacities, the iare cil the sides maybe of any desired degree, and the wires may be of any suitable gage and placed at any desired distance apart in 'the manufacture ofthe baskets.

Having 'described the invention, l claim as new- An integral wire basket made up from a blank substantially in the form of a Maltese cross and composed of crossed zbrlo wires,

the wings of the cross forming the sides of the basket, frame-wires running along 'the junc-l tion of the sides and bottom and crossing eztch other at the lower corners of the basket, and selvage-wres running alon' tha top edves of the sides, the salvage and fabric Wires sing sits/lss I connected st the basketmorners by Welded ,l butt-joints ln testimony whereof l alllx my signature 1n presence of two wltnesses.

MOSES E. JOHNSGN. 1l/Vtmesses:

M. A. MOORE, H. A.. SHAFFER. 

